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E. J. HAGAN. SCREEN DOOR FASTENING.

No. 604,468. Pa ented 24,1898.

w 1 3 f yn '13 l q H} UNTTED STATES ATENT FFICEQ' ELIJ AH J. I-IAGAN, OFBAYARD, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT C. OCHELTREE, OF SAMEPLACE.

SCREEN-DOOR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,468, dated May 24,1898.

Application filed August 5, 1897. Serial N0. 647,143. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIJAH J. HAGAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Bayard, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Screen-Door Fastenings;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. 7

My invention relates to rotatable d y brushes or fans adapted to beconnected with doorframes and operated by screen-doors, so as to brushaway flies and prevent them from entering the doorway inopening andclosing the door.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts herein-' after fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing adoor-frame and a screen door provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is aplan view. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the means for locking thevertical roller against rotation.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates an ordinarydoor-frame, and 2 a screen-door hinged thereto. Secured to said framenear the top and bottom are brackets 3, in which is journaled a verticalspringroller 4, similar to the ordinary curtain-rollers. The lower endof this roller is formed with a slot 5, with which is adapted to engagean arm 6, pivoted to the lower bracket 3. This roller is provided with anumber of strips 7,- of textile or fibrous material. Secured to theupper part of the screen-door is an arm 8, to which is secured one endof a cord 9, which is wound around the roller and the other end securedthereto.

Secured to the upper part of the door-frame are brackets 10, in which isjournaled a horizontal spring-roller 12, similar and at a right angle tothe roller 4. Secured to this roller and wound around the same is a cord13, the other end of which is secured to roller 4. This roller 12 isalso provided with strips or streamers 14:.

The operation is as follows: When the screen-door is opened, the cordconnected with the arm of the door will rotate the roller 4, which bymeans of the cord 13 will rotate the horizontal roller 12. The strips orstreamers secured to these rollers will brush away any flies or otherinsects near the door and will also prevent them from entering thedoorway. After the door has been released the rollers will be rotated inthe opposite direction by their springs closing the door and winding upthe slack of the cords.

It frequently happens that furniture or other articles are desired to becarried through the doorway. In this case after the door has been openedthe pivoted arm 6 is engaged with the slot 5 in roller 4, so as toprevent the roller from rotating and the door from closing. While inthis condition, the door may be opened and closed without rotating therollers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is Thecombination with a door-frame and screen-door hinged thereto, of thevertical spring-roller, provided with strips or streamers, and formedwith a slot or groove at the lower end, the pivoted arm, the cordsecured to and wound around said roller, the arm secured to the doorwith which said cord is also connected, the horizontal spring-roller,provided with strips or streamers, the cord wound around and securedtheretoand to the vertical roller, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIJAI'I J. HAGAN.

IVitnesses:

(IT. HARTLEY, R. A. SARGENT.

